between party members about Stalin‚ and this was the first time he knew his position was threatened * Events of this congress are not completely known‚ but it is said that conspirators met at this congress to discuss replacing Stalin with Kirov * Kirov was told about this and instead of wanting it‚ he decided to inform Stalin of the threat * Stalin did badly at the vote of central committee * Kirov was one of the most likely candidates to have taken over Stalin and because of this Kirov
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What would you do if one country’s dominance over your country changed your life for the worse? This is what was occurring to the lithuanians. During Stalin’s rule‚ There were many things he did to ensure soviet dominance. Stalin had a five year plan. This five year plan was to gain complete soviet dominance through the secret deportation of Lithuanians to siberia. The lithuanians faced many hardships not only in Siberia but on the way there as well. The first part of the plan was to deport them
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Lenin and Stalin are the leaders who were known to be one of the most influential of Soviet Union. Lenin is known as the “father figure” and the creator of communist USSR. After Lenin’s rule in Soviet Union‚ Stalin began to rule the Soviet Union for approximately three decades. I consider Lenin’s program better than Lenin‚ but It should not be said that Lenin was unwilling to use violence. Seasants’ harvests were forcibly demanded by the state‚ because of his idea that it would all go to the State
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problems. Mao and Stalin had ideological differences. Although Mao and Stalin’s ideologies are based on Marxism‚ Stalin believed Mao using the peasants as the basis for revolution is not the right interpretation of Marxism. Stalin thought workers in cities should be the basis to lead the revolution. Also‚ Stalin feared Mao compete against him in the Communist world‚ so Stalin wanted a weak China and the USSR will then dominate Asia. He made his policies through self-interests. Thus‚ Stalin wanted Mao to
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hugely different ideological differences which lead to further tension between the two nations. Stalin believed that all property was owned by the state on behalf of the people and that people were provided with the pay that they would need to live‚ on the other hand Roosevelt believed that land was owned by individual people and they were free to earn as much money as they wished. This meant that when Stalin and Roosevelt met at conferences like Yalta they had completely different principals about how
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Firstly war was a crucial part of the time period 1855-1964 with Russia going though small wars to huge full blown World Wars. Stalin was clearly to most successful leader in terms of war as he won WWII with shear mass of soldiers and equipment like tanks. Stalin won with quantity rather than quality however came out of the war the victor and a hero to many Russians. Stalin led Russia into the Cold War against America and managed to take control of much of Eastern Europe using East Germany an ’iron
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restructured was one of the roots of the following decades of tension‚ known as the Cold War‚ between the USSR and the US. After World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union became rivals. US Leaders still feared the spread of Communism and Stalin continued to fear the capitalist
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perished in WWII. Stalin himself was ruthless and paranoid and the people lived in fear‚ Stalin the only person truly safe from the midnight disappearances and
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The Five Year Plans SUCCESSES FAILURES The improvements in production between 1928 and 1937 were phenomenal: Coal - from 36 million tonnes to 130 million tonnes. Iron - from 3 million tonnes to 15 million tonnes. Oil - from 2 million tonnes to 29 million tonnes. Electricity - from 5‚000 million to 36‚000 million kilowatts. Poorly organised – inefficiency‚ duplication of effort and waste. The Soviet Union gave opportunities to women - crèches were set up so they could also work. Women became doctors
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Power Hunger Leads to Society Downfall In the eyes of a power hungry ruler‚ a totalitarian government would be paradise. It would be thought that if a leader is so happy with the way he rules his country‚ the grass would be greener on the other side. In this case‚ it is far from it. Citizens are forced to act upon the government’s rules‚ and failure to do so would only earn them a horrid session of torment and consequence. People are constantly under the government’s thumb‚ and practically have
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